Björn Andrésen: The tragic story of the most beautiful boy in
WEBMay 13, 2021 · Above image: Still, Death in Venice by Luchino Visconti, 1971. Despite’s its lukewarm reception at the time of release, Death in Venice turned 15 year-old Swedish actor Björn Andrésen into an international icon of forbidden lust. Cast by Italian director Luchino Visconti as the film’s embodiment of beauty and temptation, the image took Andrésen hostage from then on, creating a cult ...
The story behind David Hockney’s record-breaking painting ... - Hero
WEBNov 16, 2018 · Flying over Los Angeles in 1964, a trip that would initiate a life-long emotional and artistic relationship with the city, David Hockney was immediately struck by the endless specks of blue that dotted the land below. Unbeknownst to him and his Bradford upbringing, private swimming pools were commonplace in LA, a standard social space that Hockney would adopt as a recurring motif for many of ...
Family ties: Bill Skarsgård in conversation with Stellan Skarsgård
WEBAug 17, 2016 · Here, Bill is interviewed by his dad, actor Stellan Skarsgård, in HERO 11. Interview taken from HERO 11. The Skarsgård Dynasty is formidable, relentlessly delivering stellar performers. But this is no easy formula; each Skarsgård is a beautifully mutated chip off the block, faceted with a primal instinct for unique delivery.
Charlie Kaufman: exploring existential concepts through mindfuck …
WEBDec 24, 2021 · Exploring themes of identity, mortality and fate, the film’s surrealist tones and existential themes set the scene for Kaufman’s career to come: one that spans screenplays, films, novels and a currently-in-production HBO TV series. Of Being John Malkovich, star Cameron Diaz famously said of its warping originality, “They say …
Chris Ofili: black beauty, imagined realities and elephant dung
WEBApr 29, 2020 · Born in Manchester to a Nigerian father and Caribbean mother, Chris Ofili was one of the few artists with non-European heritage to be included in Charles Saatchi’s landmark 1997 Sensation exhibition of the Young British Artists. His practice has often looked beyond this country’s shores for inspiration, drawing from a wide cultural milieu that combines the sacred and profane for bitingly ...
Louise Bourgeois: absent mothers, childhood trauma and Freudian ...
WEBMay 20, 2020 · Louise Bourgeois made art as a means of survival and confronting fear. One of the most unique and influential artists of the 20th century, her widely referenced work includes painting, printmaking and most famously sculpture. Regarded as a reluctant hero of feminist art, her pioneering work derived from lived experience as a …
Jean ‘Moebius’ Giraud: the French cartoonist whose seminal ... - Hero
WEBJul 1, 2020 · In 1963, with a style that still closely resembled that of his mentor, Giraud created Fort Navajo with Belgian scriptwriter Jean-Michel Charlier. The immediate success of lead character Blueberry – a hard-nosed, cigarillo-chewing cowboy – led Giraud to create an entirely new comic, with Blueberry as its central titular character.
Outer Banks star Rudy Pankow charts the trajectory of his ... - Hero
WEBApr 21, 2023 · Outer Banks star Rudy Pankow charts the trajectory of his “comfort character” JJ Maybank. Stylist Sharon Chitrit. Netflix’s Outer Banks was at the epicentre of pandemic TV. First airing in 2020 at a time when the world stood still, viewers lived vicariously through a tight- knit group of local teens (the ‘Pogues’) on the hunt for ...
The chilling true story behind Robert Eggers’ masterpiece, The
WEBOct 4, 2019 · The origin of this remarkable film has its roots in the true story Smalls Lighthouse, which unlike The Lighthouse‘s Maine setting, stands 20 miles off the coast of St David’s Peninsula, Pembrokeshire.The lighthouse that stands on those wave-battered rocks today replaced the original timber structure that was erected between 1775 and 1776.
Prada – HERO MAGAZINE: CULTURE NOW
WEBPrada’s FW23 collection poses the question: what is beauty? design and adapt. Fashion. Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons’ exploration of form and function beats on. Elvis, reborn. Film+TV. “You need to imagine the complete life of a character” – Catherine Martin, the costume designer behind Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis. Raw Essentials.